历史学家的任务是理解过去，而小说家的任务是让它活过来。

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

The function of a system of hypotheses is to warn us beforehand what will be our experience—to enable us to make accurate predictions.

艺术家的职责是让不可见的东西变得可见。